Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

238 BRIANNA WIEST
Not everybody gets there. Most people live barely realizing
that they are creating most of the waves in their lives
and that it is also their job to learn to ride them. Most
people spend their days lost in a fog of their own thoughts
and feelings, having little ability to sort through them.
Mastery is to realize that we are equipped with the exact
traits we need to overcome the mountains before us, and
in fact, doing so is the ultimate calling of our lives. We are
not only capable; we are destined.
Mastery is to finally understand that the years of discomfort
you endured were not some sort of purgatory you
had to just get through. They were your deepest inner self
informing you that you are capable of more, deserving of
better, and meant to transform into the person of your
dreams.
You must claim it. You must create it. Your own healing
process will create an invisible ripple effect on the collective.
If we want to change the world, we change ourselves.
If we want to change our lives, we change ourselves. If we
want to scale the greatest mountains before us, we change
how we arrive at the path.
When you reach the peak of it all—whatever that may be
for you—you will look back and know that every step was
worth it. More than anything, you will be overwhelmingly
grateful for the pain that led you to begin your journey,
because really, it wasn’t trying to hurt you as much as it